Memories of Pecos winters and a famed fire chief
Charlie Manahan 87 from Pecos recalls bitter cold nights and historic fires he faced as Pecos Volunteer Fire Department chief. He highlights the Pes cos Drug fire, a frozen first fire plug, and a night of cold wet gear freezing to the crew. He remembers January 13 1921 as severely cold with the Cowan building blaze and injuries to Archie and Bill Ross. He and his wife Stella plan to return home soon.
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Georgia Stroud
Charlie Manahan
Pecos
Charlie
Pescos
Manahan
Cowan
Ross Brothers
Archie
Bill
Stella
Pecos Nursing Home
7Th St
Loot at Pierre Hotel Tops $1 Million in New Year Heist
Police call the Pierre robbery one of New York’s largest in history as detectives chase a possible Miami Beach Spa gang link. The 4 am Sunday raid involved 19 people, 47 safe boxes looted, and a downtown search for clues amid varied early estimates of the haul. The case echoes prior high profile burglaries and prompts ongoing investigations.
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New York
Pierre
John Keeney
Patrick V. Murphy
New York Daly News
Harbor Island Spa
Miami Beach
Drake
Park Avenue
Snow and Ice Swamp Pecos Area Roads
An inch and a half to two inches of snow blanketed Pecos and western Texas causing icy roads and multiple accidents. DPS urged motorists to avoid travel unless urgent. Four Pecos accidents reported. one chin injury sent to Reeves County Memorial Hospital. Bus and vehicle crashes cited. schools reported operations with some detours and partial closures.
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Pecos
Dept. of Public Safety
Melton Rasberry
DPS
West Texas
Odessa
Carlsbad
N. M
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Ninth & Cedar Streets
Cherry & Eleventh Streets
Memorial Hospital
Teofilo Garcia
Ray Whitley
Pecos Independent School District
Orla
U. S. 285
Whitley
Associated Press
Texas
New Mexico
Guadalupe Pass
Marshall
College Station
San Antonio
del Rio
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Greyhound
U.S. 77
Hillsboro
Wage Cut Expected for Aerospace Raises by Pay Board
Washington AP reports the Pay Board likely to order a rollback from 12 percent to around 8 percent for aerospace workers. The panel debated applying a 7 percent cap to all new contracts, with business members pushing for a binding rule to automatically cap future raises in old contracts. Virgil Day of GE signaled plans to push this regulation this week. previous moves suggested blanket challenges to deferred raises above 7 percent.
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Washington
Virgil Day
General Electric Co
Crop surplus action urged in a new farm program overhaul
Roberts Liebenow president of the Corn Refiners Association warns that if the Nixon administration does not align 1972 production with demand Congress will overhaul farm programs. He cites 1971 record corn and wheat crops risking another year of surplus and higher food costs.
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Washington
Congress
Roberts C. Liebenow
Corn Refiners Association, Inc
Liebenow
Banks cut prime rate to five percent in major move
Four large New York banks reduced their prime lending rate to 5 percent effective immediately, following Irving Trust, and signaling lower funding costs amid slack money markets and strong loan demand. Elsewhere gold prices surged to new records in London and Zurich, reaching above 44 dollars per ounce.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Bankers Trust Co
Hanover Trust Co
Chemical Bank
Irving Trust Co
Business Loan de
Mand
First National City Bank
London
Zurich
Pecos Chamber Opposes Big Bend Wilderness Plan
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce opposes the National Park Service wilderness plan for Big Bend National Park. The chamber will go on record at the Park Board hearing January 15 in Alpine. The executive committee and directors debated the plan which would close about 75 percent of the park to most activities and restore wilderness to park facilities.
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Pecos
Harold Meyer
National Park Service
Big Bend National Park
Park Basin
Meyer
Marfa
Park
Tower signals re election bid in Pecos stop
U. S. Senator John Tower of Texas indicated he will run again, planning a formal announcement near the filing deadline. Speaking at the Holiday Inn Pecos event, he discussed Vietnam, economics, labor reform, and a possible delay in a federal right to work law while praising Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz.
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U. S
John G. Tower
Rep
Texas
Holiday Inn
Pecos
Tower
Reeves County Republican Committee
West Texas
Monahans
Marfa
Alpine
Vietnam
Nixon
Peking
Red China
North Vietnam
Earl L. Butz
Ul. S
Butz
Jack Boswell
Republican Committee
William R Bickley
Glen Ellis
Carl McGee
Sen
John Tower
Bruce Hay
Hazel Haughton
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Mike Oestricker
Pecos Chamber
Big Bend
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